2018 Midwest Pediatric Retina Symposium

This one-day course sponsored by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Lurie Children's Division of Ophthalmology will focus on retina disorders with an emphasis on retinopathy of prematurity, retinoblastoma and hereditary retina diseases including gene therapy. The target audience is ophthalmologists.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this conference, the participant will be able to:

Define retinopathy of prematurity and new treatments.

Discuss the medical and surgical managements of retinopathy of prematurity.

Discuss new treatments for retinoblastoma.

Discuss new treatments (gene therapy) for hereditary retinal disease.

Topics

Retinoblastoma

Potential of aqueous humor as a surrogate tumor biopsy for reinoblastoma

Retinoblastoma and vision, a retrospective review

Treatment of retinoblastoma from the oncologist's perspecitve

Update on the intraarterial treatment for retinoblastoma

Update on retinoblastoma

Retinopathy of Prematurity

Outcomes of laser photocoagulation and intravitreal bevacizumab treatment of ROP over an eight-year period

Course Director

Parking

Parking will be available in the main hospital garage at a reduced rate.

Registration Information

This conference is free of charge. This one-day course will include a continental breakfast, lunch and learning materials.

Accreditation & Credit Designation Statements

Accreditation Statement: ​The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Lurie Children's provides healthcare regardless race, color, religion (creed), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), or disability. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources, and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Lurie Children's complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or disability.